> It’s a more fragmented electorate, with fault lines liberals can use to bypass the need to achieve consensus for social change. It’s an end-run around democra

> It’s a more fragmented electorate, with fault lines liberals can use to bypass the need to achieve consensus for social change. It’s an end-run around democracy that ultimately frays our system of self governance. Methinks you have an overly-idealized notion of how democracy works (or at least its U.S. variant).